If Gov. John Kasich’s expansion of the state’s Medicaid program passes muster with the Ohio Supreme Court, then $400 million will be up for grabs next year. It’s money that the state won’t have to spend on Medicaid because the federal government will pick up the tab.

We think Ohioans would appreciate seeing some bipartisan agreement on the fate of this money.

First, of course, the court would have to rule that Kasich was within his authority in persuading the state Controlling Board, rather than the Legislature, to approve a Medicaid expansion.

If that happens, lawmakers will have a smorgasbord of ideas from which to choose for the savings, from the most conservative (return all $400 million to Ohioans through an income tax cut) to the most liberal (spend some of the money on paid sick days for Ohio workers).

In between are numerous ideas, from helping military veterans, particularly those addicted to heroin, to spending a portion of the $400 million to restore Local Government Fund cuts. That last idea already has legislators reaching across the aisle, with Democratic Rep. Ron Gerberry, of Austintown, and Republican Rep. Terry Boose, of Norwalk, working together on a proposal.

Other ideas include repaying money the state borrowed from the federal government for unemployment benefits; funding all-day kindergarten in poor communities; making loans to homeowners for energy-efficient improvements; and financing infrastructure projects that would put laid-off public employees back to work.

We hope legislators will decide that the $400 million should help Ohioans who elected all of them — Democrats and Republicans — to represent their interests. Call us dreamers if you wish, but this is the perfect opportunity for legislators to show that all-or-nothing politics isn’t the only game they can play.